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The Schar School moves up from No. 3 to No. 2 in the latest national rankings, propelled by the increasing strength of three dynamic programs tackling the critical issues that make up the security studies category: The master’s degree program in International Security, emergency management trainings, and the Michael V. Hayden Center for Intelligence, Policy, and International Security.
READ MORESchar School’s ‘Security Studies’: No. 2 in the Nation
The Schar School’s “security studies” program is ranked No. 2 in the country according to the March 12 survey in U.S. News and World Report.
Meet the Expert: Public Policy PhD Students Host Border Security Conversation
The Association of Public Policy PhD Students [APPS] hosted an informal afternoon conversation on volatile U.S.-Mexico relations and border security on March 7 with one of the foremost experts on the topic, Schar School associate professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera.
ODKM Students Take Lead in Colorful ‘Personal Branding’ Workshop
On a blustery, gray day in February, 60 people learned how to “color their personal brand.” That was the theme for the Spring 2019 Learning Community, an event that challenges Organization Development and Knowledge Management master’s students to become instructors for a day.
Schar School Welcomes ‘Engandered Scholar’ from War-Torn Ukraine
Shells rained down in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine four years ago when a war broke out between pro-Russian and pro-Ukrainian armies. Ukrainian scholar Ararat Osipian escaped the war zone after two months, moving to Western Ukraine and Bucharest until his city, Kramatorsk, was taken back by the Ukrainian Army.
MPP Alumna Finds Herself in Hot Water
Sheena Saydam admits she didn’t see herself in real estate while studying national security policy at the Schar School of Policy and Government. Nor did the 2009 Master of Public Policy graduate imagine that she would be helping to support a modified trailer that dispenses free showers to the homeless in Baltimore.
Schar School Releases Study on Global Culture and Development
The Schar School of Policy and Government released a report on March 6 that examines the significance of a “cultural turn” in international development that began in the 1980s.
High Drama: Students Simulate a Crisis in the East China Sea
More than 50 students gathered in Founders Hall in Arlington on Saturday to battle it out in a simulation concerning the contested Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea.
Graduate and Professional Students Learn Networking and Etiquette Protocol with Alumni and Staff
The weather outside Friday night was dreary, but the atmosphere at George Mason University’s Arlington Campus was warm and welcoming.
11 Speakers, 3 panels, 1 Topic: ‘Truth on Trial’ Explores Honesty, Communications in the Modern World
What happens when you put 11 legal, communications, and media experts in one auditorium? Everyone—live and online—is treated to three compelling panels on public affairs in the digital age, the intersection of law and public relations, and the relationship between media representatives and corporate communicators.
Inaugural Schar School Panel Explores Women in Politics in Trump, #MeToo Era
An audience of more than 120 students, faculty and staff members, and others interested in the topic of “Can Women Save Democracy?: Women Political Leaders in the Time of Trump and #MeToo” attended the inaugural Pennino Panel on Gender and Policy at George Mason University’s Founders Hall auditorium in Arlington Wednesday night.
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